If there is one thing that this SUV lacks, it's an opening rear
glass hatch which could help stow some of the outdoor gear that vehicles in this class are always adorned with in press photos.
The rear
glass hatch which opens independently of the main hatch is no longer available on LS models.
Not exact matches
In the early days some manufacturers did miss the mark with what a
hatch should be, offering a saloon - style hinged section below the rear
glass, but it was not long before all manufacturers were designing cars with the highly practical boot door
which incorporated the rear window.
The
glass hatch lid on top opens independently of the double metal doors,
which swing out and open separately.
To inspire him, Callum could do no worse than look at the XJS, the last XK, the current XK, the XJ220, the XJR - 15, and something known as the E-Type, shades of
which echo in the rear
hatch's
glass shape.
Around back a long overhang casts some shade on the rear
glass which is only half of the large
hatch that pretty much dominates the rear.
The most obvious change is the rear
glass hatch,
which now hinges open from the side to give access to a leather - lined luggage compartment.
One of the options for the Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) CR - X was a
glass roof, a fixed
glass panel
which stretched from the top of the windshield to the top of the
hatch opening.
Further enhancing Integra's aero aspects are a neatly integrated front air dam, retracting halogen headlamps, aircraft - styled wrap - over doors, flush - mounted window
glass and a slick bobbed tail in
which the rear
glass inclines steeply, almost to the edge of the
hatch.
On the south side, a unique roof
hatch set flush with the deck opens to reveal a
glass door at the base of the stairwell
which provides additional light and access from the deck above down to the play space.